EVGA released the first consumer-channel graphics card based on NVIDIA's GeForce GT 545 graphics processor. The GT 545 has been an OEM-only SKU. Based on the 40 nm GF116 silicon, the GT 545 has 144 of the chip's 192 CUDA cores enabled, the same 192-bit wide memory interface, but making use of DDR3 memory instead of GDDR5 on the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Clock speeds set at 720 MHz core, 1440 MHz CUDA cores, and 900 MHz (1800 MHz effective) memory, churning out memory bandwidth of 43 GB/s. There is 1.5 GB of memory.

EVGA's implementation resembles NVIDIA's reference design. It uses a short full-height PCB, and a single-slot cooler. Display outputs include one each of HDMI 1.4a, D-Sub, and DVI. It can pair with another card of its kind in 2-way NVIDIA SLI. Backed by 10 year warranty (if purchased this month), the EVGA GeForce GT 545 1.5 GB is priced at US $150.

I wouldn't be so sure. The GTS450, with 50% more shaders and similar bandwidth to the 9800GTX+ is not significantly faster in most games. This new GT545 has 50% more shaders and similar bandwidth to an 8800GS.

Why put a vga (D-Sub) connection on the card? It's a waste... This is clearly for htpc's. and DDR3 on a $150 card? This should be a $100 card at most.. I do like the ten year warranty, but hell ten years why not say limited lifetime to look better on paper?